Survey for natural Neospora caninum infection in wild and captive birds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 352-355

  Mineo, Tiago W P ^a,b   Carrasco, Adriano O T ^a,c   Raso, Tânia F ^a,d   Werther, Karin ^a   Pinto, Aramis A ^a   Machado, Rosangela Z ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO CENTRO OESTE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian species; Immunohistochemistry; Neospora caninum; Psittacine birds; Serology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; PETS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 80755132122     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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